Introduction   

    Lead(II) acetate trihydrate(C4H12O7Pb), also known as lead acetate trihydrate, lead diacetate trihydrate, plumbous acetate,
sugar of lead, lead sugar, salt of Saturn, and Goulard's powder, is a white crystalline chemical compound with a sweetish taste.
It is made by treating lead(II) oxide with acetic acid. Like other lead compounds, it is toxic. Lead acetate is soluble in water and glycerin.
With water it forms the trihydrate, Pb(CH3COO)2·3H2O, a colourless or white efflorescent monoclinic crystalline substance.

Usage

   It is mainly used for medical treatment of skin diseases in chemical raw materials of vegetable lead dye plant of gold mine,
preparing various lead salts (lead borate, lead stearate, etc.), antifouling coatings (chromium yellow can be made by the action
of lead acetate and potassium dichromate), water quality protectors, pigment fillers, paint desiccant, fiber dyes and solvents
in the process of heavy metal cyanidation.[2]
In textile industry, it is used to make tarpaulin as waterproof raw material.In electroplating industry, it is the luminescent agent
of cyanide copper plating.The reaction of lead acetate with sodium chromate in pigment industry is the basic raw material for
producing chrome yellow.Used as a reagent for determination of chromium trioxide and molybdenum trioxide in chemical analysis.
Lead acetate is also fur industry dyeing.